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Topic: Spark MIDI Sync with Octatrack (Read 1243 times)

midimatik

Hey there, i saw so much Videos about the Spark and i thought it is a real cool Drummachine...So today i got my Arturia Spark.

I loaded the Software 1.5 and run it in Demo mode because i did not want to damage the Envolope with the SOftware License in it because if i send the Spark back to the Musicstore it should be as new...

So iīm using the Software 1.5 in Demo Mode.I canīt get the Spark synchronized with my Octatrack

The Spark is always just a little bit too late. Its minimal, but to much.I cantīt fix it with the Latency Button in the Preferences... There isnīt any change equal what i do with the Latency Button...

I have the Spark connected to my Macbook Pro via USB. MIDI Out from Octatrack to MIDI In in the Spark.

So whats the Problem? Any ideas? Is the Spark not really made to work with "real" Hardware?

Have you linked the Octatrack and Spark's controller via a MIDI cable or only in the preferences of Spark standalone? You could try any of this options.

Your described behaviour with the "drifting" after an amount of time could also mean that one of the two devices don't use the MIDI clock sync format, but maybe the MIDI machine control format (MMC), which sends start/stop but no intermediate "follow tempo" commands.

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midimatik

But than i had a idea :Spectralis 2 as my master - from there via MIDI Out to my Macbook with Ableton thru a MIDI to USB Interface -from Ableton via the output of the MIDI USB Interface to a MIDI Thru box -from MIDI Thru Box to Octatrack and to Spark.

I know lot of keyboarders who are using active MIDI boxes (like the ones from Innerclock Systems) to get their armada working in sync, because MIDI sync can differ from hardware device to hardware/software device.